127 I Just Want To Destroy This Thing (2/2)

When the robot began to fire with a heavy machine gun, the squad members could only take cover and flee. But unfortunately, some of them failed to escape on time and were instantly taken down by the bullets.

It was the first time Arima ever witnessed one of his comrades die in a mission. He gritted his teeth and fired with his sniper at the robot but Arima couldn't expect that that thing would actually dodge like a trained human. For a machine, its dexterity and agility were impressive.

When the robot was about to shoot again, Arima acted first and he threw two more knives after pressing the b.u.t.tons. The two knives. .h.i.t the ground at the robot's feet and exploded.

The explosion raised a lot of dust and the roof cracked and threatened to collapse. Even before the cloud of dust had dispersed, Arima's eyes narrowed ”Take cover now!” He shouted.

The robot's shoulders opened and transformed into rocket launchers. The launchers fired multiple rockets that flew toward Arima's squad through the dust. The soldiers had heard Arima's shout and had already started to get into cover but they were still in the effective area of the explosion as a big number of them died in the attack.

Arima could only watch powerlessly, and then his eyes fell upon Tiria who was helping one of her companions. Behind her, one of the guards suddenly appeared and pointed his gun at her. Time slowed down for Arima, he tried his best to move and shoot but he knew he wouldn't make it in time ”Tiria, behind you!” He could only shout.

Tiria heard his voice and raised her head. She wasn't able to react as she was shot from behind, directly in the heart. She fell on her knees and swallowed back the blood coming up her throat. She then used the last bit of her force to point her gun behind and shoot at the guy in the head.

”Sis!” Tieria screamed and rushed to her. Arima also went there and arrived first as he held Tiria in his arms. He checked her injury as and felt like going made when he noticed he pa.s.sed through her heart.

Tiria coughed some blood and looked at Tieria who arrived beside her and was on the verge of crying ”It's okay…it's the job's risks” She weakly said and turned toward Arima before beaming ”Take care of her for me” Arima could only clench his fists and nod.

”Bye, sis…” Tiria said to Tieria one last time before closing her eyes, forever. Tieria broke into tears and Arima could only watch. The rest of the squad also joined them and covered themselves as the robot was in a charging phase.

Jin smoked a cigar with a dark face and sat against a wall. Even Moria wasn't quite good as a lot of his men had died just now.

Arima stood up with the wall covering them before he crushed it with one fist ”Lomen, give me the G-Mines' detonator” He demanded and took the case containing the G-Mines and the detonator.

”What do you think you're doing?” Erin frowned and asked.

”Just go ahead. I just want to destroy this thing” Arima said and grabbed his rifle before jumping across the wall. No one could stop him as he was already sprinting toward the robot. He shouldered his rifle and grabbed two of his knives that he threw at the thing's head.

The explosion pushed back the robot and blinded him for a second but it wasn't enough. Arima profited of that small opening to change the bullets of his rifle into Eion bullets. He then fired at the machine's neck which seemed to be the weaker part.

The bullet exploded and a small crack appeared on the robot's metal skin. Arima tried to approach more but the robot oddly bent his body and kicked Arima who then flew and crashed into the ruins of the facility.

Tieria looked at that scene and stood up. She then went to Arima with great determination ”Hey!” Jin exclaimed and Moria put his hand on his shoulder to stop him.

”We need to go. If he wants to die, he will. But I don't think that's the case” Moria said and turned around and rushed to the exit along with the rest of the rest of the squad.

Garo and Farro were about to pick up Tiria's body but it was Jin's turn to stop them. He then clicked his tongue and looked at Arima who was standing up in the debris, his face full of blood, and Tieria who just arrived beside him ”Hey, Arima!” He shouted and got his attention ”The EFBs are on the floor below, that could help you” He said and then left.

Arima snickered and glanced at Tieria. He wordlessly gave her three Eion knives and they nodded to each other. Arima breathed in and fired with his rifle, the robot suffered one more hit and then restarted firing with physical bullets.

Arima kicked the ground in response and moved in parallel with the robot as he switched from a cover to another. He caught the robot's attention like that and thanks to his physical const.i.tution, he could last like that for a long time.

At some point, when the robot stopped firing, Arima decided to charge to the machine. The robot seemed to have planned this as he revealed two more launchers. But unfortunately for him, Arima was prepared and exploded the two launchers using his knives.

Arima looked around quickly and made a slight turn. He grabbed a chain lying on the floor while running and trapped the robot's neck with it. Arima pushed on it as much as he could and managed to pin him down a little and also make his neck bend.

It was enough for Tieria to arrive from behind and insert the three knives in a gap on the robot's neck. The three knives exploded inside the metal sh.e.l.l and the metal robot's head completely exploded.

Arima sighed when the metal figure fell on the ground and sat down. Tieria also slowly came to him and sat down back to back with him while the robot exploded one more time in the background.

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